Fencers Head to Brandeis

Dec 04, 2009

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale fencers head to
Waltham, Mass. this Saturday for the annual Brandeis Invitational.
The team is coming off a strong showing at the Penn State Open and
hopes to make its mark on this first team competition.

The competition schedule is as follows and
starts at 9 a.m.:

Round 1: Yale vs. Boston College

Round 2: Yale vs. Brandeis

Round 3: Yale vs. MIT

LUNCH BREAK

Round 4: Off

Round 5: Yale vs. UNC

Round 6: Yale vs. St. Johns

At total of eight schools will be present at
the event. Yale will not fence Brown or Cornell as they are both in
the Ivy League.

At last year’s Invitational Yale posted
good results, beating Boston College, Brandeis and MIT, but missing
the sweep by losing to St. John’s. Added to this year’s
competition will be UNC, which placed 20th at last
year’s NCAA team championship. At the same competition Yale
placed 10th while St. John’s took 6th,
Brandeis finished 18th, Boston College nabbed
23rd and M.I.T. seized 24th.

Senior and team manager Jennifer Ivers noted,
“It's going to be a long day, but we have the potential to do
really well. At Penn State Maddie Oliver and Kate Pitt showed us
what they're made of, so I'm hoping they'll continue to perform at
the same level. I'm also excited that Maddy Buxton is going to be
fencing with us this weekend. She'll definitely contribute to our
epee squad's performance.”

She concluded, “With this kind of talent
across all three weapons, I'm hoping we can dominate this meet.
It's the freshmen's first collegiate-style team tournament, so I
think they'll get a boost from having the entire team to cheer for
them and offer advice while they're fencing.”